WWII
Free French
13th Demi Brigade

Early 1941 Somaliland

List FF8

by Mark Bevis

1. Teeth Arm

    Foreign Legion Infantry Battalion
      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 Boys
        3 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG
        1 platoon: 1x 60mm M35 mortar
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        0-1 battery: 4x 81mm M27 or 3" mortars
        0-4 platoons@ 4 MMG, pack mules
        1 platoon: 2x 25mm A/T guns, 2 trucks

    Senegalese Infantry Battalion

      Bttn HQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 lorry
      3 Companies@
        CHQ: 2(8 man) rifle sqds, 1 lorry
        4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 1 LMG, 2 lorries
        1 platoon: 2x 60mm M35 mortars, 1 lorry
      1 Support Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd, 1 truck
        1 battery: 4x 81mm M27 or 3"? mortars, 2 lorries
        0-1 platoon: 4 MMG, 2 trucks
        0-1 platoon: 2x 25mm A/T guns, 2 trucks

2. Brigade Support

Up to:
    Demi-Brigade HQ: 6 rifle sqds, 4 lorries with up to:
      1 Marine Company:
        CHQ: 1 rifle sqd
        4 platoons@ 4 rifle sqds, 3 LMG
      1 Tank Company:
        CHQ: 2x R-35
        3 platoons@ 3x R-35
      1 Artillery Battery: 4x 75mm M1897, 4 trucks, radio van
      1 Spahi Squadron:
        SHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 2 trucks
        3 Troops@ 5 rifle sqds, 5 trucks, 1 LMG

3. Notes

    a) Radios are in CHQs and above.
    b) Infantry have no A/T grenades.
    c) The brigade has 2 Foreign Legion battalions and 1 Senegalese battalion.
    d) Organisation of units is provisional, and tanks could possibly be Bren Carriers. Senegalese and Spahi trucks are captured Italian types.
    e) The brigade fought in the north Somaliland and at the battle of Keren January-April 1941.


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